Dr Wang is a clinical epidemiologist in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Monash University, with over 20 years’ experience in epidemiological research of musculoskeletal conditions and women’s health. She has been a recipient of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) PhD Scholarship, Public Health Training Fellowship, Career Development Fellowship, and Translating Research Into Practice Fellowship. Dr Wang is a trained radiologist (MBBS China 1993) with a Master degree in Medicine (China 1998). She completed a PhD at Swinburne University of Technology in 2007, focusing on factors affecting knee cartilage and bone morphologies in individuals with and without clinical knee osteoarthritis.

Dr Wang’s work has contributed to better understanding of the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis that inform the preventive and therapeutic strategies for osteoarthritis. She has led randomised controlled trials testing novel treatment for knee and hand osteoarthritis. Dr Wang’s research has also improved the understanding of the roles of sex hormones in women’s health. Her research is primarily supported by the NHMRC and Arthritis Australia.  

Dr Wang has published over 220 peer-reviewed manuscripts, including those published in the highly ranked general medicine and rheumatology journals (Lancet, JAMA, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Arthritis & Rheumatology). Her work is highly cited, with over 13,000 citations and H-index of 69. She is a member of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International and Australia Chinese Association of Biomedical Sciences, and an academic/associate editor of Frontiers in Endocrinology, PLoS One, and BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. She sits in several grant review committees and reviews manuscripts for over 30 international journals.